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Obliterate Everything 2 Gold!

DRM-Free, Desura, Windows

Tactical RTS in space. A non-linear game where you’ll have to advance and improve your skills while you upgrade your ships and turrets. Build your space fortress and launch your fleet. Obliterate your enemies and conquer the galaxy!

Sammy Plotkin - Won't Settle Down EP

Sammy says: “Groupees has inspired innovative ways to share and distribute art and entertainment. I am really thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with such passionate people”

A new EP compiled by Sammy for this campaign.

(320kbps MP3 + FLAC)

Sammy Plotkin is a pop singer-songwriter and producer from Somers, Connecticut. Having grown up in a small suburb, he constantly broke the norms of society simply by choosing to be a songwriter. He dreamed of one day living in a society where creativity is embraced. At the age of 8, he began to be a featured soloist in a local singing group called the Dan Kane Singers. Having been noticed by the director for his true passion, he was offered the opportunity to make his first album. By his freshman year of high school, Plotkin was traveling to Nashville to record with producer Cliff Downs.
Today, living in Nashville, TN, Sammy has developed a unique pop sound that he is constantly developing. His unapologetic and truthful lyrics reflect his honesty and genuine passion to connect with people. He embraces pop music, seeing it as an opportunity to inspire and positively influence society. These days he produces his own music in addition to working with other talented producers as he continues to build his fan base and perform.

Jan Jacob Mekes - Bouffon Stories 2012

EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Jan says: “What I like about Groupees is that it isn’t just focused on games, like many bundle sites, but it allows people to find out about interesting things from other media as well. So I see the Groupees Community as consisting of people who want the best of all worlds and are open to discovery; and with the social and charity aspects, it’s just made of win.”

A collection of 21 stories, written by Jan Jacob Mekes according to writing prompts handed to him by readers. This fine selection will have you laughing, crying, shivering and scratching your head for nights (if you’re a slow reader) or seconds (if you read really, really fast) on end.

Regardless of your reading speed, you’re sure to find at least one story here that you’ll love, and more than one that you’ll like. Enjoy this eclectic collection of (non-Bermuda) shorts!

(epub + mobi)

Jan Jacob Mekes was born in 1982 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the body of an English-language writer. For three decades, he tried to suppress the stories, but it was to no avail: they gained the upper hand, and he gave in. So now he writes stories of various length spanning multiple genres, but always with a dash of humour. When not busy writing fiction, he works as a freelance writer and translator (from English into Dutch and vice versa), and as a volunteer for the local police force, writing about its history (after having acquired his BA in that). He also likes gaming, photography, nature, and cats. Oh, and reading, of course.

Pantheon - Intervention

Pantheon says: “Pantheon are a new British Metal band with no nonsense, honest song writing at it’s core. We try to challenge issues in the world relevant to us today with a backdrop of driving rhythms, massive twin guitar riffs and powerful vocal lines. We hope you enjoy our latest release which marks the end of a development period, working alongside metal producer Zak Bajjon and digital artist Cyrus Crashtest. Our involvement with Groupees is a great opportunity for you to get the EP ‘Intervention’ and for us to widen our international audience while contributing to a good cause. Keep it metal \m/”

(320kbps MP3 + FLAC)

Heavy metal has the power to inspire, unite and influence change with an energy unique to the genre. Formed in York, England, PANTHEON share this common philosophy and strive to write honest, relevant music with an industrious attitude to match.

Pantheon have crafted a sound that acknowledges the roots of heavy metal but is firmly grounded in the 21st century. Their new release ‘INTERVENTION’ captures this attitude musically and with the stunning new artwork, complimenting strong lyrical concepts with a backdrop of massive twin guitar riffs, driving rhythms and powerful vocal lines.

Moss Points North - The Ghost At The Feast

Moss Points North released their first EP, The Ghost at The Feast, in May 2011. The six-song album showcases the group’s diverse range of influences. Opener “Setting Sun” features a calypso-like groove, while the impassioned “True Love” builds on a soulful Motown-inspired riff. “The Owls”, one of band’s live set highlights, grows out of a quiet acoustic samba and into a pulsing and frenetic rock number.

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Moss Points North are an indie/alternative band from Boston that combine distinctive songwriting with warm ambience and carefully-crafted instrumental arrangements. Since meeting in their college dorms in 2007, the band has developed an eclectic and distinct sound that draws comparisons to Wilco, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, and Modest Mouse.

Renga Samurai Shogun!

Desura, Windows

Renga Samurai Shogun is a ancient-Japanese-dojo-themed brick-cutting puzzle game that challenges your IQ. The objective of the game is simple, slice up the brick and drag it into the target shape. However, you will only get limited cuts per level and therefore, proper thought and ingenuity is required to solve each level. You will have to choose your moves wisely! 40 mind-boggling levels to solve. Are you smart enough to finish the game without looking for a walkthrough?

MTDK - Perspectives

MTDK says: “It’s always great when you find a new community built arround something you like, and that’s what I though about Groupees the first time I heard about it. But it’s even better when, somehow, you end up contributing your work to that same people who have offered you that much. For letting us contribute and giving us a way to show the world what we do,
Thank you, Groupees.”

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Adri√† Gellida, also known as MTDK (Metodik), is a young Art History student from Barcelona who opts for spend his free-time in his greatest passion, musical production. In late 2012 released a self-titled EP under White Island Recordings. In 2013 he is working on his next and yet-to-be-titled EP with musical contributions from Hack, Agon and KUOR. He finds himself working on a collaborative project with Hack which will probably see the light by the end of 2013 as well as on the next Doblefilo’s album, “No Estamos Muertos”.

J.L. Oakman - Rules of a Setting Sun

J.L. says: “I’ve seen some incredible things from the Groupees community - from coming together in the chat to work out the next mystery game to buying bundles at incredible prices to support some of the great charities I’ve seen supported. I’m J.L. Oakman, a writer and poet - some of my work is featured in the upcoming community bundle, I hope you enjoy the pieces me and many other talented people have put into it.”

This book is a collection of my poetry, written over the last five years. I’ve selected poems from as broad a period as I could, so while they may not be connected, the writing style and subject matter tell a story of their own, over time. The story of their writer.

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J.L. Oakman, author of poetry anthology Rules of a Setting Sun, is a writer, freelancer and editor. He is also the creator of the online fiction collection, A Fort Knight’s Tale. He has written all his life, from contributions to local publications through to studying creative writing at university. His current project is working on Fort Knight’s tale, due to its weekly and fortnightly releases of new prose and poetry.

Fredrik Schultz - The Very First of

This EP is a collection of the very first classical orchestra inspired tunes composed by Fredrik Schultz.

Liner notes:
* For my love (whenever I may find her) was the first piece of classical instrumented music he wrote.
* A Mid summer wedding was composed and dedicated to Marcus and Elin who got married on the 24th of June 2006.
* Falling Leaves was composed during one of those autumn days with crisp air and trees covered with colourful leaves that one by one let go and gently falls to the ground.
* Dimanche avec Sophie is a soft piano piece for cloudy, yet bright and a little foggy days in Paris.
* Drifting was composed to accompany game credits.

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Creatively speaking we live in a very interesting time where a simple computer easily transforms into a full blown music studio and where a whole symphony orchestra is just a key press away. This is something that Fredrik just couldn’t stay away from. Besides sporadically composing music he also engage in painting and a couple of open source projects among other things.

Fredrik has been a Groupees user since the first Be Mine bundle.

Jan Jacob Mekes - Struglend Tales

EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Jan says: “What I like about Groupees is that it isn’t just focused on games, like many bundle sites, but it allows people to find out about interesting things from other media as well. So I see the Groupees Community as consisting of people who want the best of all worlds and are open to discovery; and with the social and charity aspects, it’s just made of win.”

Struglend Tales is the first book in The Struglend Saga, a series of comedy fantasy books written by Jan Jacob Mekes. The book follows Edward, the ugliest and probably most haphazard king Struglend has ever had, and his herald Fred, as they go on a quest to restore order to the universe. Well, maybe not the universe, but at least the little piece of land they call home – Struglend. In their journey to remove the evil knight who has invaded the kingdom, they meet several hilarious characters and often find themselves in tight situations to manoeuver out of. Will they succeed in driving out the evil that so brutally violated their land? Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. What’s certain is that you’ll have many a laugh while you read and find out.

(epub + mobi)

Jan Jacob Mekes was born in 1982 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the body of an English-language writer. For three decades, he tried to suppress the stories, but it was to no avail: they gained the upper hand, and he gave in. So now he writes stories of various length spanning multiple genres, but always with a dash of humour. When not busy writing fiction, he works as a freelance writer and translator (from English into Dutch and vice versa), and as a volunteer for the local police force, writing about its history (after having acquired his BA in that). He also likes gaming, photography, nature, and cats. Oh, and reading, of course.

Lanark says: “I’ve followed Groupees growing from the begining, actively buying and commenting and seeing a very nice community growing up from all over the world, where the discussion, the little funny remarks and the wisely recommendations where always and all about the topics which we all love and care: bleeding edge new games and music and new forms of rewarding new and old artists we like, and encouraging them to continue in the development of new art forms.”

How to preserve music from oblivion…

Put the sheet music on the machine. Wait. An insect or similar kind of animal is produced. Let it live and transform. Put it back on the machine. Wait. A new sheet music is produced. Play it. (over an idea by Philip K. Dick)

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Lanark is an Argentinian composer and audiovisual artist. He makes experimental music since the early 90s, looking for new sonorities and combinations of noisy lo-fi environments and clean digital sounds. He has worked with diverse materials, from his own voice, canned libraries of sound effects, music from others, countless references to science, literature and audiovisual culture, and the pure chance of the coincidence. He has taken part in many audiovisual projects in different formats in Argentina, France and the UK.

phann org - Brain Damage

phann org’s full length album Brain Damage was released on February 11th, 2013.

phann org is the electronic music project of Finn and general all-around awesome dude Pauli Hannola. His main influences are Mogwai, Moby, Porcupine Tree, Tangerine Dream and Trent Reznor.

phann org has released 2 full-length albums, one EP and one single, the latest of which is the 2013 LP Brain Damage. phann org’s music includes elements of chill-out, ambient, industrial, electronica and classical music.

Since 2012, Pauli shares equal writing credit with his beard. The beard is looking to release a solo album later this decade.

The Groupees Story

EPUB, MOBI, PDF

I’m offering to write a story, but this time with a twist… Groupees community members get to contribute lines that they want to end up in the story somewhere. You can submit lines in the comments section of this postand I’ll use all the submitted lines somewhere in the story.

Jan Jacob Mekes was born in 1982 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the body of an English-language writer. For three decades, he tried to suppress the stories, but it was to no avail: they gained the upper hand, and he gave in. So now he writes stories of various length spanning multiple genres, but always with a dash of humour. When not busy writing fiction, he works as a freelance writer and translator (from English into Dutch and vice versa), and as a volunteer for the local police force, writing about its history (after having acquired his BA in that). He also likes gaming, photography, nature, and cats. Oh, and reading, of course.

Undead Viking Mafia - Ours, and Fairly Won

We’re excited to be a part of this Community Groupees Bundle and are looking forward to what the rest of the community is making. Our members have purchased several of the Be Mine bundles, the Oni Press Bundle and the Chiptunes+Charity 2 Bundle. Everything we’ve received has been great and we likely wouldn’t have discovered the majority of it if it wasn’t for Groupees. We hope you enjoy the contribution of our latest EP “Ours, and Fairly Won.” You can learn more about us by clicking the facebook icon above.

From a land with a past mired in brothers’ bloodshed and its own fiery decimation, comes Atlanta’s Undead Viking Mafia, a band whose very ethos is wrought with the decades of history sown beneath their feet. Deep within their eclectic metal and rock sound lies a stark, gritty urgency that channels the spirits of Muddy Waters and Pantera cooperatively. With the release of their third EP, “Ours, and Fairly Won” Undead Viking Mafia pays tribute, and lays waste, to every stage built south of the Mason Dixon Line, in a manner unlike any other band of gentlemen in the last 150 years.

Vinicius Dalpiccol - To Create A World

A short story by Vinicius Dalpiccol.

(PDF)

Vinicius was born on February 18th, 1995 in a town called Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil and lived there for most of his life, hadn’t left the country and in fact seldom traveled outside of the state until he turned 17. He then went abroad on an exchange to Sweden while still on his last year of high school. The short story “To Create a World” was written as an English project while still in Sweden. His biggest passions are writing, reading, languages and studying a wide range of subjects.

“Initially I love the fact that this partnership and my craft allows me to contribute towards helping a charity. overall, I love groupees.com because of the amount of support the community provides for independent artists.”

“The support that Groupees.com provides helps artists understand that as an indie artists, you must be persistant; though you may get discouraged every once in awhile… don’t let that
be a crutch… overcoming that makes you ten times stronger than the message you provided in your previous piece of art… when you put yourself out there like that… you come to expect to be
discouraged every so often… thats the fun, seeing what comes next.”

(320kbps MP3)

Michael T Moreno was born on February 3, 1990 in Park Slope; Located in Brooklyn, New York. He had been active musically since the age of eleven, but began his musical career at the age of sixteen, having published his first album under the band name “:Drive”. Continuing his work, Moreno has actively published over Thirty albums under six different artist names between the years 2006-2013; reportedly publishing two-four albums a year.

In 2006, Moreno founded an indie startup called “CraftyCreations Studios.” in order to publish his works. The company evolved throughout the years, and doing so the name changed; in 2010 Moreno changed the company name to “CreateOCon Studios.”, which he began publishing projects beyond the musical medium. In 2011, Moreno Branched a separate independent music label from CreateOCon Studios to better focus traffic and organize his projects; the label was named “ModestBot Records.” The first band project published under the label was “Fountain”. A minor side project know as “HypnoBuni” was also published under the label.

Google Hangout with Noah T

MP3, FLAC

I’m offering up a 30 minute hangout / studio tour / Q & A / performance. I’ll show everyone around my recording setup, and show off how I’ve made Is Anybody Home?, Work With Me and Surface. I’ll field any questions, and play a couple songs! (I might even play some demos off my next album, Infinite Sleep)
Normally I lurk in the chats for the bundles, and can be found dropping semi-relevant gaming opinions almost daily. I started hanging out in groupees chats when Is Anybody Home? was a part of Build-a-bundle 2, and I stayed through Be Mine 4, which had Work With Me, then Be Mine Anniversary which had the Surface EP. At this rate, I’ll probably never leave!

Musician out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Enjoys communicating feelings by sound.

'Lanarkized' Classical Song

Chopin was the winner! Lanark has made a “Lanarkized” version of Chopin - Prelude Op28 #4. Enjoy!

(320kbps MP3 + FLAC)

Lanark is an Argentinian composer and audiovisual artist. He makes experimental music since the early 90s, looking for new sonorities and combinations of noisy lo-fi environments and clean digital sounds. He has worked with diverse materials, from his own voice, canned libraries of sound effects, music from others, countless references to science, literature and audiovisual culture, and the pure chance of the coincidence. He has taken part in many audiovisual projects in different formats in Argentina, France and the UK.

Groupees Custom Story

I’d like to give the Groupees community their very own short story - starring their characters and settings! Groupees bundle buyers can visit this link and comment with a character description or a setting, and I’ll include the best and strangest in a special Groupees short story!

J.L. Oakman, author of poetry anthology Rules of a Setting Sun, is a writer, freelancer and editor. He is also the creator of the online fiction collection, A Fort Knight’s Tale. He has written all his life, from contributions to local publications through to studying creative writing at university. His current project is working on Fort Knight’s tale, due to its weekly and fortnightly releases of new prose and poetry.

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As promotion goals are achieved, bonuses are unlocked for everyone.

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Vinicius Dalpiccol - To Create A World

A short story by Vinicius Dalpiccol.

(PDF)

Vinicius was born on February 18th, 1995 in a town called Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil and lived there for most of his life, hadn’t left the country and in fact seldom traveled outside of the state until he turned 17. He then went abroad on an exchange to Sweden while still on his last year of high school. The short story “To Create a World” was written as an English project while still in Sweden. His biggest passions are writing, reading, languages and studying a wide range of subjects.

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Undead Viking Mafia - Ours, and Fairly Won

We’re excited to be a part of this Community Groupees Bundle and are looking forward to what the rest of the community is making. Our members have purchased several of the Be Mine bundles, the Oni Press Bundle and the Chiptunes+Charity 2 Bundle. Everything we’ve received has been great and we likely wouldn’t have discovered the majority of it if it wasn’t for Groupees. We hope you enjoy the contribution of our latest EP “Ours, and Fairly Won.” You can learn more about us by clicking the facebook icon above.

From a land with a past mired in brothers’ bloodshed and its own fiery decimation, comes Atlanta’s Undead Viking Mafia, a band whose very ethos is wrought with the decades of history sown beneath their feet. Deep within their eclectic metal and rock sound lies a stark, gritty urgency that channels the spirits of Muddy Waters and Pantera cooperatively. With the release of their third EP, “Ours, and Fairly Won” Undead Viking Mafia pays tribute, and lays waste, to every stage built south of the Mason Dixon Line, in a manner unlike any other band of gentlemen in the last 150 years.

Unlocked

Google Hangout with Noah T

MP3, FLAC

I’m offering up a 30 minute hangout / studio tour / Q & A / performance. I’ll show everyone around my recording setup, and show off how I’ve made Is Anybody Home?, Work With Me and Surface. I’ll field any questions, and play a couple songs! (I might even play some demos off my next album, Infinite Sleep)
Normally I lurk in the chats for the bundles, and can be found dropping semi-relevant gaming opinions almost daily. I started hanging out in groupees chats when Is Anybody Home? was a part of Build-a-bundle 2, and I stayed through Be Mine 4, which had Work With Me, then Be Mine Anniversary which had the Surface EP. At this rate, I’ll probably never leave!

Musician out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Enjoys communicating feelings by sound.

“Initially I love the fact that this partnership and my craft allows me to contribute towards helping a charity. overall, I love groupees.com because of the amount of support the community provides for independent artists.”

“The support that Groupees.com provides helps artists understand that as an indie artists, you must be persistant; though you may get discouraged every once in awhile… don’t let that
be a crutch… overcoming that makes you ten times stronger than the message you provided in your previous piece of art… when you put yourself out there like that… you come to expect to be
discouraged every so often… thats the fun, seeing what comes next.”

(320kbps MP3)

Michael T Moreno was born on February 3, 1990 in Park Slope; Located in Brooklyn, New York. He had been active musically since the age of eleven, but began his musical career at the age of sixteen, having published his first album under the band name “:Drive”. Continuing his work, Moreno has actively published over Thirty albums under six different artist names between the years 2006-2013; reportedly publishing two-four albums a year.

In 2006, Moreno founded an indie startup called “CraftyCreations Studios.” in order to publish his works. The company evolved throughout the years, and doing so the name changed; in 2010 Moreno changed the company name to “CreateOCon Studios.”, which he began publishing projects beyond the musical medium. In 2011, Moreno Branched a separate independent music label from CreateOCon Studios to better focus traffic and organize his projects; the label was named “ModestBot Records.” The first band project published under the label was “Fountain”. A minor side project know as “HypnoBuni” was also published under the label.

The Groupees Story

EPUB, MOBI, PDF

I’m offering to write a story, but this time with a twist… Groupees community members get to contribute lines that they want to end up in the story somewhere. You can submit lines in the comments section of this postand I’ll use all the submitted lines somewhere in the story.

Jan Jacob Mekes was born in 1982 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the body of an English-language writer. For three decades, he tried to suppress the stories, but it was to no avail: they gained the upper hand, and he gave in. So now he writes stories of various length spanning multiple genres, but always with a dash of humour. When not busy writing fiction, he works as a freelance writer and translator (from English into Dutch and vice versa), and as a volunteer for the local police force, writing about its history (after having acquired his BA in that). He also likes gaming, photography, nature, and cats. Oh, and reading, of course.

'Lanarkized' Classical Song

Chopin was the winner! Lanark has made a “Lanarkized” version of Chopin - Prelude Op28 #4. Enjoy!

(320kbps MP3 + FLAC)

Lanark is an Argentinian composer and audiovisual artist. He makes experimental music since the early 90s, looking for new sonorities and combinations of noisy lo-fi environments and clean digital sounds. He has worked with diverse materials, from his own voice, canned libraries of sound effects, music from others, countless references to science, literature and audiovisual culture, and the pure chance of the coincidence. He has taken part in many audiovisual projects in different formats in Argentina, France and the UK.

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Groupees Custom Story

I’d like to give the Groupees community their very own short story - starring their characters and settings! Groupees bundle buyers can visit this link and comment with a character description or a setting, and I’ll include the best and strangest in a special Groupees short story!

J.L. Oakman, author of poetry anthology Rules of a Setting Sun, is a writer, freelancer and editor. He is also the creator of the online fiction collection, A Fort Knight’s Tale. He has written all his life, from contributions to local publications through to studying creative writing at university. His current project is working on Fort Knight’s tale, due to its weekly and fortnightly releases of new prose and poetry.

Announcements

Big thanks to Noah T, The Calamities, and everyone who came and checked out the Groupees Noah T concert! Everyone who bought the bundle will have a chance to stream or download the performance before this bundle’s end!

Thanks for checking out the Groupees Community Bundle! All of the content here has been contributed by artists, developers, and writers from within the Groupees community who submitted their work to us. Support them and choose to support Caritas International’s efforts to help victims of the current floods in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Czech Republic.